The Horizon Concise History of Japan

by Noel F. Busch

This Horizon Concise History of Japan is one of a series of ten innovative, well-illustrated history books. Each is a quick, easily grasped, and highly readable introduction to the entire past of a great nation.

It is a truism to say that no foreign land and people can be understood and appreciated without a sense of their history. But most of us have neither time nor patience to read the available—and formidably detailed—histories of the many nations that interest us.

The unique aim of each of these Concise Histories is to provide a brief, adult, absorbing, and memorable overview of all the mainstream history of a nation. The books are fine "briefings" and traveling companions for the visitor to other shores, and for the hosts and friends of visitors to ours.

THE AUTHOR

Noel F. Busch, now a staff writer for Reader's Digest, is a former editor of Time and Life magazines, and has lived in Japan for several years as representative of the Asia Foundation. His nine previous books include three on Japanese history. His most recent is "The Emperor's Sword" (1969).

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Japan

217 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972